BY DAVID OYER. [From t&< litre York Ledger.] LIT7ES. As distant lands lieyond tlwi am, • '.ends gu thenee, draw nijh, So hcav i-i, we. n Irit-r da b ,v-tuithcr gone, DTIWS nearer fthru the sky. A"d u t' ose ' vais the dearer grow, ?v aea lfien.ij are long sway. So Heavfvn, haolf, through loved ones dead. Grows ticarer uay hj* day. Heajen ia not f-.r frcn those who sa With trie pure spirit-"* sight, i>c* tk-_ artd in ihe vt.j hearts Of those vbo sc.* arignt. Jinuzry, l?si. c. n. Btc\ST. TIE ISLAND PRINCESS. A ROMIICE OF TZlii OLD AAD SEW IVOR ED. Ei- e: ::A d. S. n. FocxawoarH, J--haref "Tit Lett Il'irzn," "The Teurted n'iie," "I'ke ?s'- 9 n ia-has," tic. CHAPTER I. AN INTEEKtPIAD WEEDING. I; .in* iL? firai of May, the marriage day oi (i'-r \ isetiuat Moutressor of Montressor C. ■■ !>. Dorsetshire, and Est*lie, enly hter and ac res? cf Sir i'arke Mote!?, Hyd ilaU, Devon;hire. A g;rtaos WKara! :g the cL udlcsi Lite r':y -anltu va r at ; e gre- .u Lilis and d.. y ".air? aa<i •? p woods ui Devoa, and C:? r-ark arauod t! a llall was all alive and n.U -ai, Wl !l th joyous , of tilds, ar.u the i. orrLughtt r• f jt-uug u.en and uiaileo-gaihciing to celebrate their J.'ay Gy oi.-i io do honor to the mar ri ao of nieii landlord's d-.ughtcr. Tha eliu-slia led, w!a-jii: t : avenue tlvat led fr; i the Ligway 'o the house, was arched :;t e.-.tu terUiitus ty u mamuioth wreath of and atany we.o the carriages thai ; .;cd uu'ier theuj, <,a their Way to assist ..t tni? witld'.ugr; and thr?e eot iaiued only t!.e i r."tsu-a.-is, and the nearest friends aud relatives of the fu.:..iy, whose reluiiuii por position give theui tha right to at tend rue bri ie to church:—for a still uiore ncmerous party Lad fceeu invited to meet h-r at the aiiar. 'iba v.'.l igeig and ten ;.ois. '-roupau about under the shade of the great cia t.ei-s, or wandering over the greei.sw.ard ou either aide the avtaae, wfttviM. I t'.ese eqti'pages as they rolled on, e'oto. i- oiing as usual ou .-a;b occasions. •-*?!: —dear me! the wed dingers wc-a't pass ueiriv 'wvive! and Lere vre are t< vo ; ,'.re uior'nt hours! ' aaiT a yoa.ig girl io ! : g; ii.het.-per. ••:iu,li my darli ;g ok, bore eories his Lordship's ca.iiage, i<-elf, ja-t as sure as y . ... the piei iest ic-s .a the co::.- 1: *;•* f.-r-J Montr/-sorL earrLg?. H i-.y tust >• ,-rciug -a tri.m Lis affi a. i t>.-ie had hen put in I.ij Lauds sata iv.--.:'.a/ Imu i /ivatu cou"e-foee vrii h the Hi. , L ore t'.ey i pru to too ■' i. /' ::p:iv;d and filled w h v /ue unea-iucss. j>;> lordship ]ot no 11 in it 'jtsCjiitg if? oetic t. V. it sin the n.-.-t secluded of her sate r.f rh A ;.t L:r.partn.enta at the old lluil, !•!;: ,iieJ i.i the *!*-• !:s of u eu-h'OOed ct . iceuned * : > r.ac csr eetaot, in Lr.— c; . y. f - a'. y;r a't'ndar.ts having, by !-.- ■ -.AI; DO.'.: . - ILL;: AW 7 i -•!!.' !.Ir fc,, o cr 'Ta h-'ile E-telie," ". .- aotifui f- •• 1 "?im M'-.inight c.a"— . • er rvspl o.i-.ni dark beuo'jr, she - .)rleal.y pj.a !- vn at tins iitue fse- y five ysars of age, ar.d uiore loe!y a poet's or an artists ileal. Hei form '.as of i: d'pf'i height, and very s.c-ti ffor, though wcil-re-i' -k-j, wiaii a graceful i ■!, over wlio-u fail rivh u.asses of jet b -- T rtiken liugle;.-, shaJ.ag u face of f a.—, ;a L- oii'O QOKipleii jij with Erge mournfu! * I.wb:'.u!!y rei!e-I bv the !c:.-g droopi'ig • ss'v*?;, end dekaate, though fcit carvei ii t .s, cvet poiicntiy eiosed as in p.lent ves'g .ati a. The prev-iiing expres . . !:• r dark, briillaut cuut.tcAauco WM a pr . 1 JieLucht:!}". The a.iaGUE*: un-.at of Miss M-ir-IJe's ap r. ael'io" mrG-jge with tiie VtwountMou tresswr id created a profound a-au*Uo ia tt.c i usuid. a etc afa aiutueratm trtrctcs. A pcrlt'Sj Lcaufy, ti.e on'y civil i m-i hfir'-ss oi :!i clfico', -xcTt''j : s. en ! haughtiejt hero set iu 'he \V?t of England, her heart had ffeec ittuih the oljeet tf a pintion to the you:! 'u! t:nd .-:rd-:iif, as bvr haui and fr.i iuue had beeu (<.-i eu-J of liesire to •-tie n.erceiia'y util aiutiiioas. At the early age :' sev/n year?, Kite!!-' J: td 1 -eu p'acm? at out of ihc first-ulasi iV :'. !<• iusit'u'iorti of learning &t P:ii, then a, now, cb | iiD'-ii ; the very bj-t of vheir kiudriu 'h-' wcaiu, au.i there ha t leen ; - Ifc to rewn s uaiii her rixteeai-u year, wl:.u the a ia*..,a uud ca.aruitous breaking i up of the histiftsttau, aad bet owa severe j I-■- . .3, !!• ! oc?-.s: :<1 iter removal. Thnt \ illntit fink bi.n cfitided voith rttrksJ c-iv 'ig- sin c itutitiujiji and itmp.r ir.tn! oj i.i: tpunj girl. E'k. it', previously the ui <t careless,; ligLr h/arfed s-ij oar.-ric>oas of chiidreii, left her chamber of ecuv lie-cecce a sub- ; <!:iotl, thoughtful. tn-Tta*.jehoty WJUI ID ! The l ang'img tips ,t( girlhtaoJ closed iu patient j tttducto; ihe >p.rk!log eyes saeath ai tfieir t teams under h'r.g, sua iowy lash :s, now sal-1 <i>oi iifiel; t'.io silvery, elastic voiec. sank i i .to deep and tii/iliiag tone-; ihef/ee, glad ; uo'ions were measured and controlled. "h jr.ev.r entered another school, but' cOinpicreJ her education under tha best i it it To dissip-.te what was j eous, let e-i a traiiaieu' meia.i hoiy, Uer p .eu.e iratvia 1 wit.. h;r ov-j/ Egn-pe, patit i ig at each cs&ifa! a.. 1 chief town, to snow !-o a!I tiut w.is :u:cr/s*:ng ami iaaiructive. Jin itwuyh rh-'ir daughter rciiaid their at ri.htu- GRATITUDE, and A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., Terms: Two Dollars per annum. 1 obeyed '.lieui with the gentlest docility, she ' | showed no interest in the passing scenes.— I | Aud tbowgb everywhere her extreme bean- i ty nd sweetness of disposition; not less • than her fortune and position, drew around j uer many friends and admirers, Estelle re mained aicnc in her isolated thoughts and ; feelings. Every most distinguished p'uysi- I cian ia Europe had been consulted apon her j case, and the result of their wisdom VJ3 a decision that this melancholy was not the \ effect of ill health, still less of eecre; sorrow, | I but that it was a constitutional phase that j i would probably pass away with maturing ! years. They returned to England, presented ; i :heir daughter at court, aud introduced her J j into all the gaieties of fashionable life. But j 1 with no happy effect upon the spirits of Es teile, who remained profoundly unmoved amid the ret of thnt gieeted her drbat. Her [ picturesque beauty wa3 the theme of ail t tongues —her mournful glance was fascina ting—her deep 'ones thrilling—her touch magnetic- ail frit her power, yet she who could UK T: all others, remuind unimpres sed. She who sought no conquests, for that very reason perhaps, undo many. A peer and two commoners, in succession, laid i j their fortunes at her feet, and were ia turn j j kindly and firmly rejected. | f-v> passed her first season io London, at 1 the close of whicti her parents took her down io their scat in Devonshire. Here, 1 ,ia her thoughtful, quiet, unostentatious j ia inner, she engaged in work< of benevo- j I lence among the villagers and the tenantry, j And iter father, hoping u.ueb from this i phymenf, gave her full liberty v f aciifih, | and smiled io see tbet sfce seemed leas pen- j I sive tb-.n before. At tie beginning of the parliamentary ! ' terin, the family went up to London. [ And u wu3 hare ia her second season in : tvrra that Estelle formed tb* acquaintance ! ' f L <'"d Montres-or, a young nobleman but 1 : acceded to bis tides and estates, but already known as a inan of the most high-toned tuo : rati and intellectual excellence, as a right eaus, as -.veil as a rising statesman, and as i on-; who n the event of a change of minis- ; i try would ba to fiil a high nffiual po , silica ia li s majesty's cabinet. Aside from ; too glare of rank and wealth and power, Oharies was a glorious *peci uien of the Creator's workmanship. Above ' ihe average standard cf height among Lis | 1 conn try ttnrr, broad-shouldered and deep '•hf'S'ed, with a uoble herd, aud a face full ! of wisdom and gof-does", his appearance truly indicated the warm benevolence, clear iiitel.igence, and pore spirit of the mac. : His pre-euce soon inspired Esteile with a faith that -he bad not bc-m able to fre! in I auy other liiat approached her. He d'ex" nearer to her than any other Lad been per mitted to came; he crossed the circle i of he/ isolation, and conversed with Uer as ;no other had uecn allowed tt Jo. The world looked and sail that the bsaatifnl 2tcila bal at last met her master au t was conquered. At this stage cf aff.irs. the pariL:nota ry term b iug over, Sir Parke Morcllo and hi., family I-ft London for Hyde Hail. Lord Jlootrcssor asked and received per , mission to toilow theui, and ia less than a mouth availed tnaiscif of the privilege to do so. Tuns it wis in tlie home of her antes- ! tcrs, after having obtained the cordial sauc itoa of her parents, an ! believing himself sure of the affections of their daughter. Lord MuUlresser offered his hert aal hand to ih: lovely Esteiie, aud wis to Lis ptofonnd astonishment instantly and firmly r.jtcted! , In thus rejecting Lis ?ci f she wept long , and bitterly, praying hie forgiveness, that the happiness sbc bad experienced and ex hifcitou iu b:s society should hnva betrayed ti'ut into Unking this declaration, and Lc see.blug him never to reocw LN suit: but to leave and forget iier. Thero wn s-;;u" - thing in the tone of her refusal wbi h con firmed and deepened ills previous convic tion that—even ia rejecting Lim—shi loved him ' But witfi his high toned scntimeuts he would out in the icasc degree presume up.-a that knowledge. Taking hr hand ! with deferential tenderness he sild— ••Stella! a man never but one, hi his whole existence, loves a woman as I love yea ! 1 will not inquire thi c rase of the re istiion, which you hive certainty a right to mike without assigning any reurort for the act. And after hiving received this re .puise, I auy not in honor distress you by a renewal of iny suit. But this, ir. pirting, 1 must say ia you—that, though I go Irence, I shall not go out of tlre reach of your friends, J shall never address another wo- j t man , so if ever in the course of futuie weeks, or manias, or years, however ioug, you may think pioper to review the decis- . i'<o of this evening, Stella, { lurpiorcyoa to jet ue ko t* 1 Vr rite bu: owe word,' Com aud I vrjii return to I iy ua cnehnnged heart at your feet 1" Estelle was weeping too bitterly to te- Pb- . '•kitclia ! will yau promise to Jy th'af?" '•L 1 Montressor, b-'St and dearest friend! do not seek to Liu 1 yourself to one; who can give p i nothing iu return ' Try to thick or toe melancholy girl that you have pitied aud Lvei—only as shadow that fell for a luameut across the aaurhiue of your path, an i then passed away forever! i au i so forget her!'* "Stella ! I have pledged my honor never ' to renew this suit, unless you reverse iu my I rTvor the scuutnee you have pronounced j upon it; but, inspired by the drip aud deathless love I Lear you, aud 'hoping against hope,' I feel impelled to implore be-, fore leaving yoa, that, in the event of a fa- ' vorabto cbaugs of seotiurant or purpose to wards uia, you will not hesitate to give mo i leava to return. Steib, wlii you premise ! ma . much as tha.?"' ".a'o&lcsi friend thrt I hivo ia the world! t haw giadiy would 1 pio-nisr, but I mast I as:, ja i js.vir. Were i a do so, > • i would feel bound to watt the changes of my j rncod, and so. for a most undeserving lore, ; might miss, in some nehicr woman's affec ; tious, tha happiness in store for you!" "Stella, will you raise your sweet, mourn j fcl eyes to mine, one moment, Cut ycurnay j ; read my soul while I speak?" J Eitelle lifted her.dark orbs to meet the i clear, pure, blue eyes beut with so much j love aud candor upon hers, and read the deep, unchanging tru:h of the constancy of i ids soul as he said— ! "Stclle, in the prefcnce of the beart j searching (iod who sees and bears me, I as- I sure yftl that I shall never love another wo [ man us I love you, and, tnerefore, of course, j can never wed another; ao that whether you i j give BW this slightest of hopes or not, L am | equally and forever bound! ,W; wit! you j : promiso, Steila? R.'member, it is uuly to ! , let me koow in case of a change iu your ; i sentiments." For au instant the tig" t cf an enutt r hie j love aud joy broke on her beautiful, dark | ( face, and bcr smiling lips parted to speak— i when—as if a sudden memory and w-irning j Lad gripped hor very heart—she uttered a j low, sharp cry, turued paier than before, ' i and i hen said— j "No! no! my L-rd! Stella cannot even ! I give you that' She i* poorer than the j est, iu gifts to you! She can onty pray that yoa may forgot LT and bo happy." 11c locked profoundly disappointed and I ! troubled. But soon mistering his despoil- | dencv he said hopefully— ♦' Well, dearest Stella, although you re- j j ject me without opppai-nt reason, and re'usc ; to give mo the s'i/btcst promise or the most j distant hope, yet / nptat —s!ioul yoa i.t | tjie long future, change your purpose, and i write to uie one word—'C'ooie,' I will lias- i j ten to lay at your feet an unchanged heart! | Good bye! God bewi.b you!" and raieiig ! her hand, he Lcwed over it, pressed it to | 1 his lips, turned and left the room. Some moments after Lady Moreiie, uro came to seek and congiatoUto her d -ugh- j ter upjon what she iangiaed to be the only possible result cf the ioterviow—fountf Ei telle lying in a swoon upon the flo >r! It Was foiiowed by a 'cog and terrible illness, | ; terunu-sting in a tediously protracted conva lescence. Tise town season was at hand before !wc!*c was aide to rc-ccter society, i They west up to London, and once there the "s'e.r'T beauty" arose apon its world ; And though the cloud upon her life settled darker and heavier, day by day, .-he was more followed, fluttered and courted than j before. Thus three years hid passed away, when one while the family, thtn ocruny- ! lug their ' wn house in Bctkley S-pure, were seated at a late break/aof, and was engaged in raiding i!o ii frost L re Lou- • don Tin s, a:i trrcourd of the nvir. j of the Fre.nc'r Ship—Lt Due I) *lnjoi tcnc.'i d of iie co rd of dicier*—Est 'U Vitf red a low cry aid sa-k fait tiny front her s^nt. i his attack w .s not, is tao other h id been, followed by i 1 liics■: ou the contrary, tiQm that day, the cloud seemed lifted from her head, a;,d oven those who iiaJ met admired her facu ia its shadow, w-.ro enchanted to sc bow brilliant was !..r beauty iu its sucshiuc! Her health and spirits daily improved, yet in 'he tuid-t of all this fi nwing tide of tew life, Kstrife astonished her friends by sad dcaly,tn the height of the L tti'ivi scasou, retiring to her faUter's country s-.at ; where she remained in strict seclusion from the world for eighteen months; At tiiu end of rh:3 p-*rioi, Lord Men t res sor, wiiO had never left England, or iosi trace of his beloved Stella, n i who was nor staying at i.is castle, iu ilor.iei.shire. svaa cne Uay scaled at breakfast when the morning mail was brought him. Among a s/ore of letters iim first taht attracts i his attention was a dainty white enveit-pe su perscribed in a 'ioiieeto haadwriting, lie took that up first and opencrd it —it to.iiaiiic-j hut o3S Wotu —"Collie The Lgutofan ineffable joy broke over his free-1 Oh ' he had waited, patiently, hopefully, years, for that word, and at last he received it ! Thanks to barren iu tne tir.-t instance ! and then pushing all theo hcr lel i ters unopened asiio he sprung un rang for Lis vaict, aud ordcrc-i u,s vrlitc r tked atid horses rut to the carriage. Ia twenty more minutes he bad reached the railway station just as Kiec irs were about to star!, aud iu three hears be was at Hyde II ill ami standing iu the presence of Kstellc !—sue lookiug so beautiful aoi hip- P. v : With the old chirxlria euthusiasui of i.- | votiou, he dropped, at ouce, upon his kaee, aud rais.-d tier nau l to iii-, s.ying— "For four years I have hop*. .1 u-.i waited i for one word front you, and at last, beloved, you h"e written—'Cum and I aiu at your feet, as I S3td, will au unchanged heart!" "But I," sue nil, deeply biusiiiug, while she held both bauds to raise hiui, "I, my Lard, have not an unchanged beart! fat 1 longer years 1 have laved you more than woman's tongue may toil and never more, than the boor in which we bade farewell, as I thought, forever 1 " •yl know ir, beloved! knew it then ! knew it alttits! I never doubted it! Could I he deceived in the dear heart of the woman I loved! No! and that was the secret of iny patience 1 " he replied, taking his seat oa the ' ofa by her side. *'Aad yet you never inquired and do not i cve;i uow iaquire, why, without explatKitiuo i and without hope, I s aa t you from my pres ence, and hy now, without apparent reason, I summon votl hack!" she suitl, as a shad jot the old aaduess fell upau her beautiful face. •'Vour miiives, dearest, were, and are your owu. Not u util your spirit moves you 'to do so, shall you give theui to m.-! lii ire | full eonSleaee iu you, be.vutifu! Stella! ' il ConjLlt&! oh my God ! she exclaimed i in a low, deep, thrilling voice- I "Why, what is the matter, de&rei;?" I Sha looked up ruddeuly, a soitie of BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. MAY 29. [857. avorsbipping love, bre king like sunlight over her dark f.ce, ami said— '•Nothing, nothing, my lord! but that all your thoughts and teeiiugs are so elevated beyond your poor EstelleV! Aud yet she would almost chooso it so! for could she be an unge!, she would wish yoa to he sotae- 4 thing far higher—a g,>d !" enthusiast! mode:ire your aspira tisnt, or the world aud its people will disap point yoa! ]4o uot aa idolutor; worship coly Gud, my Stella." Such was their meeting! Yet, occasional!), throughout the inter view, a iudden shadow like the recurrence of a painful thought, trouid fail upon her bright face and then pass as it came. They were engaged, and within a fevruays the marriage w 3 aunocticed tt> take place 00 the Cist of May. But it was observed by the nearest friouus uf the bride, that fruu. the tby of uer betrothal, her spirits !.ui been marked bv <he strangest fluctuations. Sometimes j with her beautiful J/rk face ilia mined with a deep, still, aimo-t religious joy, she moved kbuut, .s it were, un "winged Let," o.- sat biooUiug in a happy trance. At other j time.-, she fell iuto deep gloom and anxie ; ty, a, inexplicable as it was aiuraiiagto her tiicnds, who greatly feared her relapse it.to ihu <i -:-p uw-lunehwiy thnt had so long over shadowed her, and that they had grown to dread as u serious constitutions! malady.— But they hoped everything from her -p prujcuing m rriago wt:h .iie man she lovul. Lord Mutitressor observed ivii-j ti>e deepest luterest tise uncertain in toes oi his betrothed; but with :Lc high t<. tied acmimeuts that ui tinguijhC'l liitn, refrained froui inqatring, and awaited her voluntary revelations. At last ure firs: of May, the uursiage day, upon which I have presented the parties to the rosier, arrived, and ail tiie Aa •at ton, as I said, Wc-re gathered at tac Hull or at the Church to do honor to the aoieuratties. And the expectant bride, in her bridal roiws and veil, waited within her boudoir the arrival cf toe bridegroom, whom she had summoned to a private interview before tiiey should proceed to the ciiureh. She had net long to wait. lie who quickly re sponded to Iter slightest lueimati -n, iutme d.aieiy obeyed h rcaii. Yet when abe heard his firm clastic step appiouching. "Now God Lava uiercy on ine!" she prayed, ,ul covered her ta<- with uei uauds. H: vntered, unauncnhscJ,"* ahd saying, "My beauiiiul Steiia! I am here, you per ceive, by your commands!"' t-hc dropped her hand--, and revealing a face pule with uii.-ery, spoke iu a deep, iuipa-sioue-l tone— "Y <o ar - here by my S'rppticafion, my lord! 1 have no rtght to command.** ")V e wdl waive iuat! W hat is year will, tny dearest istelia i" "My pray r, my lord—is first, for your forgiveiiera." "Forgiveness I—my 1 —my Steil;!" ' Ay . my dear laid! juu s.-e before vou a ; euitent and a supplicant, who uiav soon he somorhing far more wretched ".My !8t*l!a! what mean you ?" "Conic to th" window, Lard Mijnt/cssor'" she said, r.siitv rod i,in. "L ;-)k out, * she eonticueu, putting aside the rese colored haugiugs, and revealing a view of t io park bH*>w, a'ive with its restless mul titude. "What are all these people waiting for, my lord ••A hit are tbey walii. r for, my Stella ? f>>r that, for which I mso wait, with now much more impatience!" heumswereJ, wnii : a deep flash of lore and j >y, fur an tnstaut, supuUuteJ :lc anxiety < n Lis tues. "i'bey- Wait to oeo a uiiJo pass,w!<ere a hi! !c tuiy never go!" .TJCSJIJ, in a s-'dcuia Voice. "Stella 1 great ileavtn 1 what say you !" be cx/laiiucd, gax.ng ou her with profound astonishment. "That the bride they expect is unworthy to siaod before God s holy ultur l-csida Lord Muntrcssor; " " Unworthy, Stella! \*<>o!" "Moil unworthy, mf lord!" she said, cropping her arms, and dropping her bead in n iittitude of the deepest misery. '■ I shout I hive made this confession loug neo, Lsrd Mantressor ; hut I have deceived you 1 have deceived vou!" "In what rcsp-et. Stella ? My God ! It eannor.bel N>, it eur.not be! that while betrothed to iue, you !•: act love ta!" " .Vol liov yru i Oh! my dejr lord!'' she murmured, in a voice of thrilling tender ness t oat carried conviction of her truth to his deepest beart. " What mean you then, dear eft one? if indeed yoa return toy '..op love." "Ou! J do. I >: >, M:viresor; whatever happens, wherever yu go, tale that assur anoe with ypti! I Jove you, tny lord! shall ever love you,, even though cteo ufter what ' I shall have toid you, you res.tlse a J hate } me, and go to our friends an ' *iy. —' That woman woven I wis about tottci, is btt a whited senulehre, witorn I ha'e proved, aud tvhotu I now reject'—a id so iiavc me to tne scorn of men, stiil 1 say—evtr shall say I love you, Lird Montresor I love yon, •*<iJ the cou.ictousnoss of being unworthy of your love is the bitterest dement in tny puiiisiuuaut," be said, in a tuieo of such 1 profound misery, that Lord Mtntressor could ■reared) coutiuue to believe her agtiatiou i uafouoded or exaggerated. He dropped upon a seat, aid sitting still i and white as a uotved image if stone, gazed ! upon her, waiiiitg her furthu eomuiuuica tions. Tuc above is >U of this beaaifu! aad high- Iv iu'erc-sting siory that will bo puclwired in on: coiumus. We give tiis ma sauipic. The sobtinaittoß of it can fcifotjnd only sr. the New York Ledger, 'he g.eat family , weekly paper, of which the most popular writers m thccuuatry coutiiif.e, aad vvhieh can be toeqd at all the slots throughout f the city and country, where papers are sqjd. ilmnember to ask for the New York Ledger of M.y SO, and in it you will g°: the CJU j unuatioQ of the story from where it ieavos j off here. If yoa cannot get -a copy at any news offiec, the-publUher of the Ledger will mail you a copy on receipt of five cents.— Fanny Fern writes otiiy for the New York ! Ledger; Syivanus Cobb, Jr., writes only for , it; Uuierson Bennett writes only fur i'; and nearly ail the eminent writers in the country, | sneh as Mrs. Sigottrnev, Mrs. Emasa D. E. • N. Souihwunl; and Alice Carey, eon tribute | regularly to its colutnus. Mrs. doutirwuitii wtll write for no other paper hereafter.— , Geo. D. Prentice, E-q., of (he Louisville j Journal, prepares the Wit and Humor De- , ' panmeut in the Ledger. It is sailed to ! ; rtibivribers at §2 a yesr, or two copies for i I <£o. Address I? btrt Bonner, publisher, 11 Ann sr., New Y'ork. It is the handsomest ' and be>t family paper Iu the eountry, ele ■ gan'.ly i.lustr ited, and charectcrited by a j S high motiil tone. "JACKS IN OFFICE." A GOOD STORY". A number of politicians, ai! of whom j were seeking r.See under government, were | | scattered on the tavern porch, talking, wbeu an old toper named D , eatne up to i lueni. New rai 1 D is a perscn who jis very loqwooicus when 'coraed,' but I exactly opposite when suber. At the present time h.-ieg 'tight,' be sail if the company had no objemions he would teil tuem a story. They toll hitn to 'fiio away: whereupon he spoke as follows: 4 A certaiu kiug—don't rceoilect bis name —had a philosopher, upon whose judgment :he rlways depended. Now it so happened j that one day the- king took it iuto his head :o go a bunting, andwiiumobmg his nobles, and making ail necessary preparations, he I summoned his t hilosopber aud asked him if it would rain. Toe philosopher toid Lim ii would nor, end he and bis nobles departed. U'iiiie journeying along, they met a country man niouutcd on a jackass: he advised item to return, 'fur,' said he, 'it wiil ccrtaiuiy ruin.' They untied contemptuously upon hitn, and passed on. 8.-fore iLey had gone uuny iniics, bowevery. they bad reason to regret dot havin / taSeu "fha ritfei'd"? advice, as a heavy shower c >aiing up they were I drenched to the skin. I\*b-;n tbey had re turned to the palace the kihg reprimanded the philosopher s:ierely for tcliirg bim that it would be clear when it was not. I met a countryman,' s.ii he, 'and be knows a great dual more than you for he told me it would ruij whereas you thli uie it would j not.' 'The king taen gave tiie philosopher his | walking paper, and scut for lire countryman, who cuude his appeiranee.' 'Teii mc,' aid the king,' Low you knew i. would rain.' ; *1 •ridu't know,' said die nistie, 'my jack ass told in<-.' •And how, pray, did he teii you?' the king asked in asfoni.-hment. ! 'By pricking up his cars, your majesty.' The king now sal the countryman away, procuring the jackass he placed hitn in the "dice the philosopher had filled. And here observed D , lor.kirg very wise, 'here is were the king made a i mistake.' 'How so! 'inquired Lis au.liters. 'Why,-ever since that time,' said B jackass wants an o.uae." LADY POLITICIANS. In the recent parliamentary elections in Uagiaitd, tire worn n secuiio have beeu un usuaily native. Lady John iiusscli con tributed much to her has baud's re-election by visiting the different polling booths,with her str.iles and eour'esies among the elec tors. Lviy Mildred Hope ts believed to : have curried the election cf her husband for Maidstone. She did not exactly caa razs forLitn, but all through tho election j she wus constantly driving aben' the town; she also was mast active at the nomination . au i during the polling; and at tho close, unable to restrain herself any longer, she j threw up the window >>i her hotel, anJ ad ' dressed the mob iu a speech whififc every" body agreed was better than her husband's, lelivercd imuiediatoly afterward f.um the . same place. A Qt'tsa iILACXBIIO.—Tire Somerset (P>.) Democrat says thai some tiuie last fall a blackbird eanre to Mr. J-.tcqh Snyder's, , in thut borough, acd hes since lived cen i stant!y with th o chickens. It has become , thoroughly uomestieated, en<l couies r/gu laiiy for its food. Instead of roostiug as j tho chickens do, it takes a position on the j rooster's back, who bears the weight of bis j iittie friend with great good nature. But the ; most singular of all is, that it has learned | to crow iike a cock, and crcwis regularly, i mora frequently thau the rooster, and seems : to be vain of its accomplishment. £J""*TLerff is a fatuiue in some ' parts of Texas, and §2,6- was dvisaQwod ! fur a lure!:si of Cos#. AN EXPERIUENT —About a year ago a man was travailing through Jersey and mop ped at a tavern iu Sweedsboro. Jrceitig no one present but the landlord and a negro, he seated himself and eutcred into conver sation with the negro. Shortly he asked tiaiuto if be was dry. Sambo said be vis The gentleman told him to go to. tho tar and take something at his expense. Sambo did so; an i rhortiy afterwards left. Th* landlord retuirked to the stranper, "are you acquainted with tint nigger?" "No, I never saw hi'.a before." '-I (.unpose 1 so from your conversing with him, aud asking him ta drink." "Oh!" saul the sfrnger, I was only experimenting with him. The fact is, I was dry myself, and I thought ." your liquor didn't kill the negro in fifteen mii.ute s I wonid venture to take a drink auyself." The landlord's curiosity was fu ily satisfied. In England, during the recent elections the modest annual pension of three hun dred and fifty thousand dt-liars a-ked for the Princess who is to marry the Piiuce of Prussia, soaitwhat agitated the public mind. Tlii is rather more than ten times as much aa the effi :a! salary of the President of the United States. As ;Leie are eight ether clai nacis upon the public generosity to cuiuc- along in their turn, a!:hough already bountiful iy provide 1 for, it is not to be wondered that John Bull buttons up his pockets with an cmnious gro*[. loTlfl TO RETHLEHST iy jmrsoan :o of an Act of Assembly rpp.-o --ve # J tbe tighJi fey of May 18S4fheqslring0 - Treasurer of each County to pwbiiati in tht luontli of April and it ay. of each year, a list oi at! Retailer* ot Foreign and Domestic Goods, '.fares isd Merchandize, ro.tiee i.v'liefet:y givau to r tait-rs In CIBSSIS. as directed oy law, t;:at the TaxsS natst be > ud to the County Treasur er on or befjre the first d<y of Ahguat next. Class. License \. P. Cramer k Co. Beclf. rl 80. 12 s'2 CO ; Xicboias Lyons, " 14 7 W I G. W. Lupp, • 13 10 W Jacob Kt-ed, " 13 10 UO : Samuel Brows, " 11 7 00 : S-jßiuei Shuck & Co., " 14 7 W Robert i'yan, It 7 00 ;J.& J. >£. Shoemaker, " 14 7Ou i Sarih Potts, 14 7 00 i Isaac Lippei, " 14 7 <h> . Ifn;. Shafer, *• 14 7 00 ! Colin Lover, " 14 7 00 Ajrnes Sjiipp (hardware)'' 14 7 W ! Johu Ataoiii (hardware) *- 11 7 Oil 1 Blvuiicc-4-it-, il :y (h. w.) " 14 7 00 ir. B. F. Harry, • 14 isj Dr. F. C. Reamer, '* 14 7 00 i Adam Ferguson, " It 7 vo A. L. DeSbaugii, E. 11. " b 6 00 Jacob Bollinger, £. 11. " 8 oou Jaeoi. Baruirut, Bedford Tf., 14 7 00 B iraJoHar. Lowry $ Co. JJroadtop, 12 12 Ot) Flue!: 4' Lieiiclbcrgi.r, •' 13 lb 00 David ilelsel " 14 7 Oo Alex. Port A Co., " It 7 Go iK-eglo 4 Lvaus Co'usus, 14 7 00 i A!t.:. C. James, " 14 7 00 •lames 6. Fecfewitb, " 14 7 GO Jacob A: Cersoc, C.Valley, It 7 00; Ttionoas Fisher, •• It 7 00 Daniel H Anderson, 14 7 Oo Thuuias Grewdcn, • 14 • CO Jehu >veur.i & Sun.East Proe. 14 7 Oo D. A. T. black, 14 7frl ' i,auicuua,b <y Pea, - It 700 , ■Jj ~ L'.isher, Hope-well, 14 700 4 hoii; is Kii'g, " 14 7 00 b.i i ira, kii:g -J-'Co. " 14 7 00 • Val. 11. Wert* Harrison, 14 7 o*l Johu W. S" ith, •• 11 7 00 ] : Andrew J. Snively, " 14 7OU j Jacob Hiiieg .si, Juniata, 14 7 00 Wm. Kcysvr, " * 14 7 W Ilißegass N M-jwry, " 14 700 i Lewis N. B'yair, " It 7 oo Joseph Gundca 14 7 00 ! Fr. tibia:.nand, II 7 00. ! David S Borgstrcsser, Liberty, 14 7CO Lewis Putt, fi ii 7 Od Job a C} J'ber, • It 7 00 Steels biitrikvu, •• 11 7 od ■ Patrick M:te':.l, • 14 7 00 ; 1 Sextou a Focklcr, " 14 7 OJ ; Jacob Devore, Jr, Loadoadeirj, 14 7 00 Burns a Thorp, '- 11 7 ou . Thomas J. Porter, " 14 7 0-j Daniel Fletcher, Monroe, It 7CO | 1 Etna- wl O'Neal, " 14 7 00 .'atuc-s R. O Neal, • It 7 Ou John Way-i-, .Va;ier, It ? 00 Wm. States a Co., I\. Providence, 71 700 i Murray a Brother, •< 14 7 00; Jac-.a Uariid.'.l r * Co., <> 13 Id 00 . James M. Barndoltar, •< It 10 00 T'Loiuus Richer, << 14 7 O'J ; f'isnir k Baraett, " 14 7 00 ; Nicholas Koontz, " 11 7 . 14. P. lior'ii Brother, SchcHsburg, 14 700 ; A. 14. Buns,, " 14 700 i E. Static, a Son, i 14 7 00 Jacob .Wilier, . H 700 ; Colvin & Uobescn, •' 14 7W) j Mrs. Scheii a Son, I' 4 7 (*' John S. Scbeil, 14 7 00 F. D. Bcvgle, St. CatT\ 14 7 00 G. i 4. Amies, s Bra., • 11 7 00 Genrge llmesiiug, * 14 7Ud I (ri .co ID. Trout, " 14 <OO : Is.tanS. Wright * Co., 14 1 700 , Sißton llershruan, *• 14 7 O0 Thomas It. auiitb, 14 <OO John Cavcixlcr, Southautftcn, 14 700 ! Ww. LasoWy, •• 14 700 ; Rirk * Fletcher, •< 14 700 ■ Rice St Rider, " 11 7 CO ;J.ba y. Waters, Union, 14 700 Jacob Brennenrau. Ji. Woodiierry, 10 WOO ' J-hn V. Duncan, 18 10 OJ G. E. B-irndolLn " 11 I Simon Board, 11 1-1 4 00 Michael Ptito, " 14 7 00 , John Wia-garver, £. li. " s 600 i Piper k Scott, S. Woudberry, 14 7WI : S. R. O-ter. " 14 7 00 Geuige Kaiitftaoc, 44 11 700 D. F. Back, 14 ? 00 !D. Bees'e, " 14 700 D. OVER. Treasurer, | May 20 1557. ImrTOWIIUT rp ß s suhsdvibcr is now prepared to accamvo- X datu the public at the Poor II *Use MfU. 1 Custom Work ami M :rohant work done to or der All Flour made by bin. warranted to give satisfJciion. He reapcctfu'ly solicits a s.ar of the public pitr<*Ji;<g<-. DtTVf'.V F.iFV'o'-IR. 1 May I, 1?57.-c VOL. 30, NO. 22- ! imSTATE PLITFOBM. { This onT?titkri of LVicgitCS, rcpres- ring ' the Freemen of Peuiwylraßia, oppi's-.u to the I ieadiug measures of the Lite .KaliOtial Admin j i.itration, ur,d the cci.t.tic.mre of the $?<; dc ' struetire policy clearly foreshadowed l>7 the sc'sanddeclarations of ll,._administration- j -ic i inaugurated, do , Rervlae, That the maicleuanee cf the p:"° JI ! pies promulgated i'u the DvcUaxtion ol Itsde ] pendvace, and embodied in the Federal Con* | st.iutioo, is essential to the preset ration <>t i our '{••publican institutions; that the Federal ] Constitution, the tibertiea of the people, ti u ! sovereigfi rights of the States, and the Uuioa I of the States, must aiui shall bo preserved. Risoltti, Tint with oqr Etpu Wic-n fathers, | trc hold it to be a self-evident tfLth, that ajl j men are created equal; tleri they are endowed by tieirCreator with certain iiiauen.-'eie rights: | that among these sic life, l,he; ty acd the pur i suit oi happiuc;...; that to secure these rights, ! governments are iuatiibCeu among atco; -nd : that the primary duty si. i oi ject oi cur Fcdcr i al Gorer meiit is to secure these rights to ail i perooin under it* exclusive jurisdiction. Tbet, ; a* our Republican fathers abolished Shrerr in ! all the national territory, and ordaiaed in tb'o j Cinstitu::oti that no person shall be deprived ' of life, liberty or prop, rtj, without due j roccss j of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the CoßStilr.Uutl against aH &l . t-juipu to violate it. lor ti>e purpo r> of t rtab | lialiiug Slavery in the territories of the L'a'ted Stares. That we deny the authority of Cou ; grc. of tue Supreme Court, ola Territorial Legislature, ol any individual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery ia any territory of the United States, while the Constitution shall l>e maintain ti. Ri&Acti, That the Constiiaiior. confers upon Congres. sovereign power over the Territories > of the United Slates, lr their government; a power not controverted for the first sixty years of our ustiopal existence, but exercised by the general concurrence of ad d, pc; tuorr.ts of the Government, through every Adcfiiiistretiu-Ti l'roiu WasaiXGTux to rout; ua that in the ex - ereise of this unquestionable power, it is the dcty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories, those twin relic* of barkirLm, polrgwy and ; slavery. Retolre-f. THAT wx AEE TKT F-PEEMEX, andthit, , While wc retain the inestimable rights of Free men, *c-c a-ed to t:s hy the sucrifir s, ■ - ~.-rirga and blood of our Revolutionary fathers. w will notsubmi' to havea rew Con.s'itmion <n;p,'td upon as hy the extra-judicial opinions of Jud ges of the Supreme Court - opinioi s subversive of the rights of human nature—Ti conflict with the truth of with the unbroken acflcn of the garernaicr.t and the law t> f the laed, as heretofore pronounced by the F-derai Jndicta rv, and the Courts of nearly every State ia the American Unioa. Raaictd, That the recent opinions of the nia j'm y of the Judges of tba Supreme Coari. iu a case o v er which they decided the Court cat! no jurisdiction, and, therefore, too authority to pronounce the law arising therein, is but ano ther step in consummation of that conspiracy iwainst <,*rfr-e institutions, which iwi Wkr c ptiou iu thea-epeal of the Missouri Compro mise: th.tit is tin-direct result of the Life tri umph of the Slave Pow: r in the election of as candidate, J.'.M'ts BCCSAIAS, to the Presidency, and unless prompt) reb iked by the peopie a: the hallot-bcx, may be followed by other u-u;- pitions fatal to the independence of the Pre a States and the liberties of ourpc.iple. Resolrtd, That the constitutional rights of the people of Kansas have been fraudentiy rr d vio lently taken from them. ThCir territory Lav been invaded It* an armed force; spnriot.a and pretended legislative, judicial and "xecsttva off! ,'cis have been set overtfcvar, by whose usur t'eri authority, -'.'stained bv tlje oti:;tavri|>"'wer of the Federal (Jovernmcat, Eyranfeicii aid un- Conatiluliotial Kws have been e;:?.< ted and cu focced; the right ot the people to itei p and boaraiiils ha* been iaftiDgedr test oaths -:f an exlraordinary a nil entangling nature Lavo iieca imposed as a condition of excreisine the right •>S sud'rage ir,d holding oilice; the rigLt of a*i accvs'ed person to aapt edy ar.d publii trial ty an impartial j'.;rv Imr been dceiet: C':et a.iy piinisiiueuts have been iuiltled upon the innocent, while murders, rot-bent's and ar son? have be*en instigated and cccoiiraged, aad the offenders have hwn allowed to go unpuif ishod; the light of the people to lie secure in t'>eirpersons, houses, J |lTland effects sgeinst unreasonablea-.'Tehes and seixitres. h? beta violated; they have been deprived of life, lib erty and property, without due process of law; the frs.'d >tn of speech and of the press has been abridged; the rigid to choose tueir .o,.rt s-n.ative* ius bc-.u ramie of no effliet; That a*l these thu)g> have been done with the ktow ledgi", sanction and procuretneat of the Fed eral Goverusicnt, in viohtri >r. of tl.e plainest uian.lites of the Constitution; Thai theusnr pati u by which a spurious Legislature wac iiu- P'sci upon Kansas, and its people subjected to a code of laws unparalkd ai lbr cruelty t:i ;h- Lis tor., of civi'ized naiion-, is sri'l in full force, and the people .ire denied the right pescefnUy to assemble and petition for a redress of griev ances; tbiNatiouil Executive has perni;?tB two Governors of l:h> appointment to be driv en from the Tenitoiy under fear of assassin a, tion, and has not dared ro exert it* power for their p-otec'ibn against the Uwkss minion* oif itave.y,while judicial monsters aud men whotc bands ire red with innocent h'ocd, *re retvinei in cfhee. to cirry o,i the work of suii'-cting free teiritory to the cause of Slavery. l.u_ bsaa denied admiasicn under a free consti tution, aad fraudulent means are nbw in rro greas to secure its ndmissiots at* a Slave St vto at the next fcMtoa of Conjtrei,. Against this stupeiidons wrong, we protest in ;he name of Gob AXD ARXASITT —by *ll lent is gtwicua in our history, and by ti.to n-emviry of the jyest m l good men who rstabiiihcifour liberties. Resjic?ii. That it is t frond upon ;wr laws, and fraught with Uang tr to oar institutions; to admit to a full participation in .their benefits, any man who acknowledges a foreigu -upre macy, which he cannot eonsvicniious'y and without mentai reservation, abjure and forev er renounce; whether th.t* sup.emacy be civil or spiritual. AetCi.-rd, That ths stupcudrias frauds by wi.icb our popular elections are swayed again*; a majority ol the legally qualified voters, strikes at the foßudationsnd lil'e of our system of government; and unhnirtpcedity corrected, will h'ad to violence and anarchy; and w.-urgu upon a'l good citizens to uoite foi '.he supprta sion of t lis evil; acd we call upon our own Legislature to guprd by effective ami stringent laws the purity of the ballot box. Uciohei. That the sale of the Main Line of our improvements, is demanded by every con sideration that suouiu Weigh with iatcliigei.i and honest men. As a source <>f re v., tie. it N is wholly worthless to the State, while it is notoriously used as a means of peculation snd plunder, thereby biflicthig upon lliSi'#pt: cuniary Iw.an.t also irfeparsblolnjur -," the almost universal demor ilfsaticn and pohlic.l profligacy cngandare.! throughout ;• oi tira extent. Rtaolttd, That we Invite the alSiiativn anl Co-operation of luen of all parties, howevee differing with us iu other respec'• *. in t j'{>rt of the principles herein decUic.l; ae . d:ev inj that the spirit at <-ur institutions. • wall a* the Constitution of otor country. gsarMee* I liherty ot couscienco and tipsnllty ' iiyV citiiens, we p["Je au legislstiou il ' pur ng their scanty.
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